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Advance your education career at Rivier University!

Teachers, school counselors, and administrators who graduate from Rivier are in high demand–for their dedication, competence, and wide-ranging practical experience. As an education major, you can take full advantage of the University’s state-of-the-art Education Center, featuring a nationally accredited laboratory preschool and an extensive curriculum and software library. When you earn a Rivier education degree, you will be eligible for certification in 40 states, plus the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Department of Defense Dependents Schools around the world.

Undergraduate students can choose from programs in early childhood education, education and community leadership, elementary education, secondary education, and special education. The programs are designed to offer several opportunities to explore your interest in and potential for teaching before placing you in a full-time student teaching internship position in your senior year. The education and community leadership program prepares students to be effective leaders in community-based organizations with an understanding of sound financial management, effective leadership, hiring and staff evaluation practices, and the flexibility to adapt to changing market forces.

Rivier’s graduate education programs are recognized throughout the region as the programs of choice for current and prospective teachers. The University offers some 30 graduate education programs—all designed to prepare you to become a highly qualified teacher or to assume leadership roles in various fields of specialization, including curriculum and instruction, school administration, reading, multicultural counseling, emotional and behavioral disorders, and parenting education, among others. Rivier’s new M.Ed. in Special Education with Autism Specialization, which focuses on Autism Spectrum Disoders (ASDs), is designed for students who hold a bachelor’s degree, certification in early childhood, elementary, or secondary education, and who wish and to become certified in special education. This program prepares students to work specifically with students with autism spectrum disorders in a program or classroom setting.

Rivier also offers a doctoral program with aDoctorate of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership and Learning–the first in New Hampshire–providing educators with an understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and political influences and forces in society that affect education. Rivier's doctoral program seeks to prepare leaders who anticipate the need for effective policies, practices, and interventions based on current research to promote and enhance leadership in learning and teaching.

Graduate students may enroll in many programs leading to licensing or certification only or as part of a graduate degree program.

Rivier’s programs prepare you for the “classroom of the future.” With assistance from several federal grants—including Project New Teachers—the University has become a statewide leader in preparing teachers to integrate technology into their classrooms.

You will be taught and mentored by professors who are widely recognized both regionally and nationally as experts in special education, school management, and learning styles, among other areas.